test match
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A test match is an international cricket match between national teams, typically played over five days.
The format represents the highest level of the sport, with matches between traditional cricket nations like England, Australia, and India carrying particular prestige.
England won the test match by an innings.
The term sometimes extends to rugby union internationals between certain nations.
- inningsTeam batting periods
- batsmanCricket's offensive player
- bowlerPin-toppling player
- cricketChirping legged insect
- ashesBurned matter's residue
century · spinner · wicket · pitch · duck · stump · umpire · batting · opening batsman · overs · fielder · boundary · sledging · drinks break · oval · crease · pace · England
- cricketbatsman, bowler, wicket, bat, ball
- cricket termsfielder, batsman, bowler, long leg, midwicket
- rugbyscrum, try, rugby, Rugby World Cup, rugby union
- Cricket Idiomssticky wicket, not cricket, bowled over, stumped, on the back foot
- Test CricketThe Ashes
- All BlacksAll Blacks, black jersey, silver fern, war cry
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Unofficial competitive rehearsal
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